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DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

GeekWire

Justice Department’s landmark antitrust lawsuit Thursday morning against Apple, which accuses the company of illegally maintaining an iPhone smartphone monopoly, reads at times like a technology history lesson. Today, only Samsung and Google remain as meaningful competitors in the U.S. performance smartphone market.

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Microsoft unveils Windows 11, integrating Teams directly into flagship operating system

GeekWire

Windows 11 with its centered Start menu. Microsoft revealed the next version of its PC operating system , Windows 11, with a softer, translucent appearance and updated features focused on improving productivity across multiple devices, leveraging the company’s cloud services. Microsoft Image).

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Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system targets Apple’s business model

Venture Beast

Windows 11 includes a new Windows Store that will let developers use their own in-app payment systems and pay no commissions to Microsoft. Read More.

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Windows is now an iPhone app, letting you stream a PC in the cloud

TechSpot

Microsoft has launched a preview version of an app that grants cloud-based access to much of Windows across PCs, web browsers, and Apple systems. This could be seen as a renewed attempt to bring Windows into the mobile space or hint at a possible cloud-based future for the operating system.

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Vergecast: This week in operating systems

The Verge

This week, The Vergecast dedicates the show to operating systems — updates, releases, and rumors from this past week. Nilay and Dieter talk with Verge senior editor Tom Warren and managing editor Alex Cranz about what to expect at Apple’s developer conference next week (HomeOS?), Apple TV app comes to Nvidia Shield.

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Microsoft will overtake Apple as the world’s largest company in '24

Computerworld Vertical IT

Since 2011, Apple has been the world’s biggest company by market capitalization on almost a daily basis, dropping on occasion to second place. When it first took the title, Apple was worth a bit under $340 billion. Microsoft has long been the anti-Apple. No one would call Windows elegantly designed.

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Microsoft releases preview of AI-powered Windows Copilot, aiming to change how people use PCs

GeekWire

Panos Panay, the Microsoft chief product officer for Windows and Devices, introduces Windows Copilot at Microsoft Build in May. That, at least, is what Microsoft is promising with the development of Windows Copilot. The company hasn’t yet provided a timeline for a broader rollout to Windows users.

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